What I felt may have 'gone wrong' a little was a lack of 'fun' element, which was present in the short story competitions. I wonder if it was because there was not a competition, or whether the word 'essay' makes the writing seem too serious and reminiscent of school essays. — Jack Cummins
I'd like to participate next time! — Moliere
I could have done a better job here. And truthfully my hope is someone else takes the spot of coordinator for next year -- I'd like to participate next time! — Moliere
The problem seems to lie with the word 'essay' or perhaps in 'philosophy'.
Some take a narrow view of both. Some further clarification required. — Amity
Resources were requested for help on what exactly an academic philosophy essay should look like, and provided by @Amity so I've appended them here:
https://philosophy.tamucc.edu/graphics/berkich/texts/james-lenman-how-to-write-a-crap-philosophy-essay.pdf
https://philosophy.tamucc.edu/graphics/berkich/texts/james-pryor-guidelines-on-writing-a-philosophy-paper.pdf
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/University_life/learning_teaching/posing_the_question.pdf
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